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Article: SENATE PASSES FOOD AND ENERGY SECURITY ACT

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December 14, 2007
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The office of Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., issued the following news release:

The Food and Energy Security Act (S. 2302) passed by the Senate today will provide for our farmers and ranchers and others in the Agriculture sector and also contains measures proposed by Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson to reform commodity payments, promote rural development and expand production of renewable energy sources.

"After a great amount of effort and bipartisan compromise, the new farm bill has finally passed the Senate, bringing it closer to supplying our country's farmers and ranchers with the resources they need," said Nelson. "I am disappointed that many important reforms were blocked, such as payment ...

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